Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Israel: Dissemination of global clones and unique features

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-137

  Adler, Amos ^a,b   Chmelnitsky, I ^b   Shitrit, P ^c   Sprecher, H ^d   Navon Venezia, S ^b   Embon, A ^e   Khabra, E ^b   Paitan, Y ^c   Keren, L ^b   Halperin, E ^f   Carmeli, Y ^a,b   Schwaber, M J ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; ISRAEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84555178937     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05446-11     Document Type: Article

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